MagnUM after winning Great Lakes Regionals, securing a bid to Nationals.

Roster

Jersey Number

Player Name

Year in School

0

Noah Backer

Sophomore

2

Wesley Chen

Freshman

3

Alex Russomanno

Graduate

4

Jonathan Paruk

Senior

5

Sam Greenwood

Junior

6

Jesse Haji-Sheikh

Senior

7

Jordan Macocha

Senior

8

Eli Leonard

Junior

9

Matt Orr

Senior

10

Alex Heatlie

Senior

11

Zach Goulson

Sophomore

12

Krishna Mahajan

Junior

14

Ben Page

Sophomore

15

Ryan Schectman

Senior

16

Andrew Purugganan

Senior

Jersey Number

Player Name

Year in School

17

Eli Graves

Senior

18

Daniel DeTone

Graduate

20

Drew Dyer

Freshman

21

Travis Compo

Sophomore

23

Max Teener

Freshman

24

Dan Couturier

Junior

33

Andy Yu

Sophomore

34

Jesse Buchsbaum

Junior

40

Bobby Moyer

Freshman

41

Daniel Lee

Freshman

43

Michael Roberts

Sophomore

48

Charles Hyde

Junior

70

Jake Moyer

Freshman

72

Dan Calabrese

Freshman

81

Yonatan Rafael

Graduate

The College Series

Our salvation is the college series. Just when you can’t go on mentally or physically any longer, the competition and finality of the series rescues and invigorates your mind and body. We’re rescued by adrenaline masking the pain of months of workouts and practices. The sun finally shines high in the sky; unforgiving ice is now merciful grass. And the honor and recognition of completing the journey is in sight. MagnUM Team 17 completed their journey by placing 5th at College Nationals in late May. Only time will tell how far we can go next year.

-Ricky Eikstadt (Coach)

D-1 College Championships - Mason, OH

Friday, May 23

14 - 13

Central Flordia

11 - 13

Dartmouth

Saturday, May 24

8 - 15

Pittsburgh

15 - 12

Texas A&M

15 - 12

Tufts

Sunday, May 25

10 - 13

Colorado

Finish: 5th Place

"Mistakes are always forgiven; handshakes and encouragement are shared freely. MagnUM is the very definition of a team, and I am proud to be a part of it." -Andy Yu

Ahhhhhhh. Regionals sweet Regionals. MagnUM traveled down once again to the pithole in Rockford, Illinois in quest of earning a Great Lakes Regional championship. The winds were blustering, the fields were adequate, yet the passion still permeated the atmosphere as teams fought to die another day. MagnUM pulled up the fields sporting a healthy dose of swagger and an even healthier desire to blast a little Creed through their bumpin’ speakers. Oh yea, it was gametime!

Down 11-6 in the semifinals to #12 Minnesota, Michigan looked like a team that had watched their luck run out. A string of execution mistakes had sunk them into what appeared to be an insurmountable deficit. They were already playing without one of the team’s key players and leaders, Matt Orr, who appeared to suffer a ligament injury midway through the first half. They were supposed to lose. Somebody forgot to tell Michigan.

Easterns 2014 Champions

In the biggest regular season tournament of 2014, MagnUM put itself on the map of elite college ultimate teams. On Saturday, Michigan collected wins against Carleton, a perennial powerhouse, and Luther, a team that many had high expectations for in 2014. This Saturday performance pushed MagnUM into the quarterfinals on Sunday morning, where they would triumph over Harvard on universe point. In the semifinals, Michigan went down 11-6 to Minnesota and a finals berth seemed lost, until a 6-0 run put MagnUM back in the driver's seat. MagnUM would win another nail-biter on universe point, putting them in the finals against Pittsburgh. After a back-and-forth battle, MagnUM emerged triumphant in a 15-13 victory, clinching the 2014 Easterns championship.

The weekend really began for Michigan when they willed their way to an upset victory over the pool one seed UNC-Wilmington in the third round on Saturday. Michigan benefited from outstanding on-field play and leadership from their three captains: Yonatan Rafael, Sam Greenwood, and Eli Leonard.